grasset

/\ɡʁa.sɛ\/ adj

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#23,879

in French word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

8

similar word pairs

grasset is anFrenchadj. It means: Qui est un peu gras. Pronounced \ɡʁa.sɛ\. Often confused with grosse and grosses.

Key facts for grasset
PropertyValue
Headwordgrasset
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdj
IPA\ɡʁa.sɛ\
Letters7
Frequency rank#23,879
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs8
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of grasset in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for grasset is 7 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ɡʁa.sɛ\. Corpus data places it at rank #23,879 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Qui est un peu gras.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for grasset, with forms such as "garsset", "ggrasset", and "grasest". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 8 confusable-pair relationships, "grosse", "grosses", "grossit", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is grasset, spelled G-R-A-S-S-E-T, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui est un peu gras.

Synonyms

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: garsset,ggrasset,grasest,graset,grassett,grasste,grrasset,grsaset,rgasset

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for grasset

Misspelling Variants of "grasset"

garsset7ggrasset8grasest7graset6grassett8grasste7grrasset8grsaset7
Misspelling Variants of "grasset"

Frequency rank: #23,879 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "grasset"?
"grasset" is spelled G-R-A-S-S-E-T. The IPA pronunciation is \ɡʁa.sɛ\.
What does "grasset" mean?
As an adj, "grasset" means: Qui est un peu gras.
What words are commonly confused with "grasset"?
"grasset" is commonly confused with "grosse", "grosses", "grossit". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "grasset"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "grasset" is \ɡʁa.sɛ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "grasset" come from?
"grasset" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.